Proposed Property-Tax Cut Splits Democratic Leaders

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But Senate President Mike Miller Jr. and Gov. Parris N. Glendening oppose the idea because they have their own proposals for tax relief. And Mr. Miller said Mr. Taylor's tax-cut idea "smacks of election-year gimmickry."

Mr. Taylor's proposal would reduce the state property-tax rate from 21 cents per $100 of assessed value to 16 cents per $100. For a family with a $121,843 home - the median assessed value of a home in Maryland - that would mean a savings of about $25 a year.

Mr. Taylor said the governor should use $59 million of the state's $283. …

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